HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Recovery Management User Guide

NOTE: When the logical server is first moved to a virtual machine, you may want to add
additional tools to the server, for example, VMware tools. In the HP Matrix Operating
Environment, the VM configuration created does not include a virtual CD/DVD drive. You can
use the VM management console to modify the VM configuration to include a virtual CD/DVD
drive.
5. Configure inter-site movement between physical and virtual targets (disaster recovery use
case).
In this step, Matrix recovery management capabilities are used to set up inter-site movement
between physical and virtual targets.
a. At the Local Site, create an array replication group containing the LUNs used by the
logical server for boot/data and the LUN containing the VM datastore as illustrated in
Figure 8 (page 38). The VM datastore should be used exclusively to store the VM
configuration of the logical server.
Figure 8 Creating an array replication group
b. At the Local Site, create a Recovery Group containing the logical server. Export the Matrix
recovery management configuration to a file.
c. Deactivate the logical server at the Local Site and failover the array Replication Group
to the Remote Site.
d. Perform VM host rescan and Matrix OE visualization refresh procedures to ensure that
the VM configuration datastore is accessible to the logical server configuration.
e. Create a portability group at the Local Site. The portability group can contain physical
servers, VMs, or a combination of both.
f. Create the recovery logical server with the same configuration values used at the Local
Site, but adjusted to point to the remote storage LUN/WWN values. Do not activate the
logical server at this time.
g. Using the exported configuration from the Local Site, import the Recovery Group that was
created at the Local Site to contain the recovery logical server.
h. The Recovery Group is in Maintenance Mode. Activate the logical server on a VM host.
If one or more physical servers are available in the portability group, perform virtual to
physical and physical to virtual movements. At each stage, check for successful boot and
confirm correct network configuration, as in step 4. Deactivate the logical server and
clear Maintenance Mode. Fail the array replication group back to the Local Site.
i. At the Local Site, perform rescan and refresh procedures, and activate the logical server.
38 Dynamic workload movement with CloudSystem Matrix